1 Timothy 2:6

1 Timothy 2:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
• New International Version (NIV)who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.
• English Standard Version (ESV)who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
• New King James Version (NKJV)who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time,

Context of 1 Timothy 2:6

4who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time. 7For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything. 8Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

1 Timothy 2:6 word by word

ὁ δοὺς ἑαυτὸν ἀντίλυτρον ὑπὲρ πάντων, τὸ μαρτύριον καιροῖς ἰδίοις,Read the interlinear

• whoὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• gaveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• Himselfἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• a ransomἀντίλυτρονantilutron · ransomG487
• forὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• testimony that was givenμαρτύριονmarturion · testimonyG3142
• at just the right timeἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
• at just the right timeκαιρόςkairos · time/right timeG2540

Cross-references for 1 Timothy 2:6

• Job 33:24to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
• Isaiah 53:6We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
• Matthew 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
• Mark 10:45For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
• John 6:51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”
• John 10:15just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
• 2 Corinthians 5:14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
• Ephesians 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
• Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
• Hebrews 9:12He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
• 1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
• 1 Peter 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
• 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
• 1 John 2:1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
• 1 John 4:10And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
• Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,

Commentaries on 1 Timothy 2:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Who gave himself a ransom - The word signifies a ransom paid for the redemption of a captive; and , the word used here, and applied to the death of Christ, signifies that ransom which consists in the exchange of one person for another, or the redemption of life by life; or, as Schleusner has expressed it in his translation of these words, Qui morte sua omnes liberavit a vitiositatis vi et poenis, a servitute quassi et miseria peccatorum. "He who by his…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Who gave himself a ransom for all - This also is stated as a reason why prayer should be offered for all, and a proof that God desires the salvation of all. The argument is, that as Christ died for all, it is proper to pray for all, and that the fact that he died for all is proof that God desired the salvation of all. Whatever proof of his desire for their salvation can be derived from this in relation to any of the race, is proof in relation to all. On…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6Short teachings like this one appear throughout the letters to Timothy and Titus (see also 1 Timothy 3:16; 2 Timothy 1:9–10; 2:8, 11–13; Titus 3:4–7). They might have adapted these teachings from creeds, hymns, or prayers familiar to the churches. The teachings probably relate to Paul's trouble with false teachers. The false teachers' teachings weakened the universal message of the good news about Jesus and the mission to non-Jews (Gentiles). The false…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-86. gave himself--(Tit 2:14). Not only the Father gave Him for us (Joh 3:16); but the Son gave Himself (Php 2:5-8). ransom--properly of a captive slave. Man was the captive slave of Satan, sold under sin. He was unable to ransom himself, because absolute obedience is due to God, and therefore no act of ours can satisfy for the least offense. Le 25:48 allowed one sold captive to be redeemed by one of his brethren. The Son of God, therefore, became man in…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Timothy 2:6

• Atonement
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Life
• Minister, Christian
• Ransom
• Redemption
• Salvation

In the dictionaries

• Lead
• Ransom
• Redemption
• Verity
• Christ, Offices of
• Jesus Christ
• Mediation; Mediator
• Sacrifice
• Timothy, Epistles of Paul to
• ransom, ransomed

Commentaries on 1 Timothy 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings